Life isn’t always fair. For example, doing what’s right doesn’t always lead to material success. Being fair, honest, and good doesn’t ensure we will get a job, land a sale, be granted a promotion, or be successful. And so, many people opt for unfairness and dishonesty. They make a sale by any means necessary. They are cutthroats in their pursuit of gaining an upper hand. And sometimes, perhaps many times, underhanded practices lead to financial gains or perhaps gains of other sorts. But is that really success?
Proverbs 28:6 says, “Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity than a rich man who is crooked in his ways.” Notice it’s possible to walk in integrity and be poor. Doing what’s right doesn’t guarantee material prosperity. But even if we do what’s right and are poor, we’re much better off than being materially rich but spiritually bankrupt. Don’t choose crooked ways to worldly riches—walk in integrity, and you’ll always live a better life.